Tasting Darkness

Chapter 39 

Aleera POV 

I was awoken the following day by the alarm next to my bed. I tossed and turned all night after what Darius said to me, so my eyes felt like sandpaper. My mind went to the Phoenix when I sat up. I needed to steal some breakfast before classes started and quickly check on him. Tossing the blanket off, I heard something slip off the end of the bed with a thump on the floorboards. Walking around to the end of my bed, I found a box. I bent down and plucked it off the floor and turned it over. A sticky note was stuck to it, so I peeled it off.

“I already hooked it up to the Wi-Fi. You just need to turn it o n, love Kalen,” it read. Looking at the box. I found it was a tablet. Was Darius aware he had given it to me, and why would he allow it? I pulled it from the box and looked at the shiny device. It was so much better than my old one. Shiny and new. I pressed the power button, and it lit up. No doubt they would track everything I did on it. I knew not even Kalen would be stupid enough to give me a device that could link me to the outside world and not have put parental controls on it..

Despite that, I smiled, wondering if I could speak to my pen pal friend or would Darius become angry. But he was aware, so he couldn’t very well get mad, could he? I dressed quickly and made my way down to the mess hall. The door wasn’t opened yet, and I had to wait. When they did, the demon that opened them sneered at me, and I gulped, taking a step away from

him.

He said nothing but turned on his heel and walked back out to the kitchens. My stomach growled hungrily at the smell of food. He placed the huge trays out, and I quickly grabbed a bowl, filling it with some dry cereal and another. I put some eggs and bacon on before retrieving a water bottle and slipped out before he returned. Although it was necessary to steal food, I felt like a thief. I couldn’t live on air alone. After I walked down to the Phoenix, he ignored the dry cereal I placed in front of him and beckoned at my eggs instead.

told him. He chuffed and pecked at my bowl, and I sighed, placing it on the bed beside him so he could help himself. I chewed on a piece of bacon before eating the dry cereal. When I finished, I opened the water bottle and poured some in a bowl so he could have

the apps didn’t work. Despite it being pointless, I typed

I abruptly quit talking to them. Regardless, I sent a message explaining I had a new account and telling them my old login name, and also explained I

the siren blared, signaling the start of

Climbing the stairs, I waited for there to be no sounds, before slipping out and over to my first class, which was with Tobias. As I walked down the hall, I

Darius. “Where did – you sneak off

I

weren’t in there,” he snapped at me. I took a step back before noticing Tobias leaning against

a roll of his eyes, he pushed off the wall. “Can we get this over with? I have a class to teach,” Tobias said in a bored tone. I glanced between them, wondering what he meant when Darius grabbed me. The moment he wrapped his arm across m y chest and jerked me against him, I shrieked. Darius tucked m e against him. He grabbed my wrist,

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